ICGN Guidance on Anti-Corruption Practices – 2015

The ICGN Statement and Guidance on Anti-Corruption Practices establishes the importance of combating bribery and corruption as part of the corporate governance agenda, and will be referenced as part of the ICGN’s Global Corporate Governance Principles in its next revision. This document presents a policy statement on why anti-corruption is an issue of concern for shareowners, and explains how corruption is ultimately detrimental to shareowner value. It provides a series of questions for investors to assist in their engagement with companies on the theme of anti-bribery and corruption. It concludes with a set of references to relevant organisations active in promoting the anti-corruption agenda that can serve as a resource to investors.

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